In a restaurant on the street, two middle-aged men were watching Zhang Fei's carriage slowly passing by.

The older one was Wei Yingfang, the Tongpan of Hezhong Prefecture, and the other one was Cao Yi, the Transport Judge of Hezhong Prefecture.

"Are we making a big fuss? What kind of trouble can these two young guys cause?"

There was a hint of doubt in Wei Yingfang's eyes.

They in Hezhong Prefecture were facing a powerful enemy, but in the end they were just a bunch of little brats.

It made him feel a little embarrassed.

But Cao Yi was very cautious and said, "President Wei, you must not be careless. My cousin has written to us several times, asking us to be careful of Zhang San. Although he may look young, his methods are often unexpected, especially his attainments in law, which are hard to guard against. He also told me that if I am not absolutely sure, I would rather use some risky tricks than to go to court with him, otherwise I will definitely lose."

His cousin was Cao Han, a cunning man who had always been behind the scenes giving advice. He was not implicated in the Gu Ji case, but Wang Anshi found an excuse to transfer him to the Shu Transportation Bureau.

"Yeah?"

Wei Yingfang still didn't believe it.

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"Absolutely."

Cao Yi said: "Many court officials have written to our Hezhong Prefecture officials, asking them to be careful of Zhang San, which shows that this person is not to be judged by appearance. At present, I don't know what Governor Cai is planning."

Wei Yingfang said: "You can rest assured about Prefect Cai. He has already hinted that he will not pay attention to these matters."

After seeing Zhang Fei and Su Che off, Cai Yanqing sat on a chair, sipping tea and thinking.

"Defending personal legitimate rights?"

Cai Yanqing suddenly turned his head to look at Zhuo Qun, the chief clerk beside him, and asked, "What does Zhuo think of this legal system?"

At the banquet just now, the chief clerk Zhuo Qun was also there.

Zhuo Qun hesitated for a moment, "This legal system does sound reasonable, but I don't think it is feasible."

There was a hint of disdain in his expression, as if to say that these words were something they, as children, would not say such words, and that adults who had experienced the baptism of time would not say such words.

Cai Yanqing nodded slightly: "It's the same as mine."

In fact, they all adhere to the traditional Confucian-Legalist thought, that is, strict laws and benevolent government, using benevolent government to reconcile strict laws and avoid the fate of the Qin Dynasty. However, if it is benevolent laws and benevolent government, the government will lack prestige and will not be able to get things done.

This is also the experience summed up by Confucianism. It is because of disbelief that they are forced to integrate Confucianism and Legalism.

Their feeling about the law of the rule of law is that it is unrealistic.

Zhuo Qun asked, "How does the prefect plan to respond?"

Cai Yanqing shook his head and said, "They haven't changed my opinion. We should try not to get involved in this matter. If they fail, we can still help stabilize Hezhong Prefecture and prevent it from falling into chaos again."

Zhuo Qun nodded and said, "I also think this is the best way to deal with it. Who can trust a whole prefecture of people to be messed around by a few brats?"

At this time, a bailiff entered the hall and said, "Reporting to the prefect, several robberies have occurred in the city today."

Cai Yanqing frowned and asked, "Have you caught the murderer?"

The bailiff glanced at Cai Yanqing with a guilty look, then shook his head.

Cai Yanqing hesitated for a moment and said, "You go down first."

"yes."

After the bailiff left, Cai Yanqing said to Zhuoqun, "Find an opportunity to talk to them. Don't make a fuss too much, but don't be too harsh. Everyone has emotions, and this is human nature."

Zhuo Qun nodded and said, "I understand."

Although Sima Guang asked someone to write a letter to Cai Yanqing, Cai Yanqing still believed that he should not get too close to Zhang Fei. Not only that, he should lean towards this side.

The logic is simple. What if Zhang Fei failed?

Throw Hezhong Prefecture into chaos again?

The current stability of Hezhong Prefecture was achieved with great difficulty by Cai Yanqing.

Cai Yanqing had already made up his mind to stand aside and watch. If Zhang Fei and others were not able to perform, he would immediately take over the judicial system.

As for his subordinates, he now adopts a strategy of appeasement instead of ordering them to obey the law of the rule of law.

Because Cai Yanqing knew that this was useless, because he came here to adopt a tolerant policy rather than suppressing it with force.

It was already evening when Zhang Fei returned to the office. As soon as he entered the gate, he saw Fu Shichun sitting alone in the pavilion by the lake. There was a pot of tea and some exquisite pastries on the table.

In fact, this guy likes living here very much, but there is nothing he can do because he is from the police station.

Zhang Fei came to the pavilion and asked, "Why did you come back? Where are Yanei and Xiao Ma?"

He also looked around.

Fu Shichun said: "He was already very drunk and was carried back just now."

Zhang Fei was not surprised by this. If he did not come out drunk while drinking with these generals, especially the younger ones, it would be a lack of respect. Of course, Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi were also very eager to drink, so they drank to their heart's content today and had no intention of going out awake. They just hoped to get Qin Zhongshou drunk.

Zhang Fei sat down and asked, "How is it?"

Fu Shichun said, "As we expected, Qin Zhongshou invited Yanei to come this time to inquire about the lawsuit involving General Zhong. But it may not be a good idea for you to ask Yanei to brag."

Zhang Fei was not worried and asked with a smile: "What did he say?"

Fu Shichun said, "When we first met, he was somewhat restrained, but after a few drinks, he became even more outrageous, saying that we came here to speak up for the soldiers and not let them be oppressed by anyone again. It made me sick to hear that."

Zhang Fei laughed and asked, "Did they believe it?"

"Do you think they can believe it?"

Fu Shichun rolled his eyes and added, "However, based on the relationship between the Cao family and the Qin family, the attitude of the lord has at least temporarily relieved them."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "That can win their support."

Fu Shichun hesitated for a moment and said, "They are all veterans who have seen all kinds of situations. It is impossible for them to fully support him just because of a few words from the magistrate. Unless we can prove that the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs are only beneficial to them, otherwise, they will definitely take it one step at a time. However, they should not make things difficult for the police station for the time being."

Although the struggle between civil and military officials is the main theme here, the interests of Hezhong Prefecture are complicated. In many aspects, the interests of civil and military officials are the same.

Moreover, human nature is selfish. Everyone hopes that the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems will be beneficial to them rather than harmful. We cannot just give a single reward for a single blow.

This isn't a deal, this is an "I want it all" game.

It takes smart tactics to give someone a reward after hitting him with a stick, otherwise no one will buy it.

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Yes! If you don't practice, no one will believe you. We have to prove it with facts. The key is that we don't have much time left. Your police station must recruit people quickly."

Fu Shichun smiled and said, "It seems that you already know about the frequent thieves and robbers in the city."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "It's as expected."

Fu Shichun said: "I now find this difficult."

"How?"

"We are in the open, and they are in the dark. They can create all kinds of cases to make things difficult for us, and we can only respond passively. If we do well, it's what we should do. If we do not do well, we will be attacked by them immediately. It's a thankless task!"

There was a hint of frustration in Fu Shichun's tone.

If everyone relies on their own means, then he feels there is still some hope, but the problem is that they are here to build the judiciary, you can only use these three tricks and cannot go beyond this scope, and these three tricks are fixed and there will always be various loopholes.

At the same time, the other party can do whatever it wants.

This is hard to guard against!

“That’s also expected.”

Zhang Fei said with a smile.

Before he came here, he had made sufficient preparations. Even the assassination was within his expectations. Although he was not sure of winning, this was just the beginning. He couldn't be scared by this.

He wasn't even thinking about this right now. After talking with Fu Shichun for a while, he hurried back to the backyard.

The first thing he did was to ask Li Si to boil water for him to take a bath.

Then he went to find Xu Zhiqian and told her everything that happened at the banquet today.

"In that case, Governor Cai will not provide us with any help."

“It should be.”

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "But for us, as long as Prefect Cai doesn't stop us, we are lucky. Even Mr. Su Xiao praised Prefect Cai highly, which shows that Scholar Sima was not exaggerating. Prefect Cai is indeed very capable, not as mediocre as he is today."

Xu Zhiqian asked again: "Then how do you plan to deal with it?"

Zhang Fei said: "We must first quickly put the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs into operation. Mr. Su Xiao has already found a key witness. If we can find evidence, we will immediately re-examine the Guixiang case."

Xu Zhiqian asked anxiously: "Have you thought about the sentence?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "This law is nothing more than human nature."

Xu Zhiqian said: "But you also said before that if the sentence is light, it may cause a very bad impact."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "So we have to borrow someone else's words to say it."

Xu Zhiqian asked, "Mr. Su?"

Just then, Li Si suddenly came to the door and said, "Third brother, the water is ready."

"knew!"

Zhang Fei said to Xu Zhiqian again: "We'll see then."

Xu Zhiqian looked him in the eye and said with a sly smile, "That's right, you may not be in the mood to talk about this today."

Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "I really can't hide anything from you."

Xu Zhiqian snorted softly: "If you are kicked out by Sister Gao tonight, I won't leave the door open for you."

Zhang Fei immediately stood at attention: "Make sure to complete the mission."

Xu Zhiqian spat, "Not serious. Go now."

"yes."

Looking at Zhang Fei's impatient back, Xu Zhiqian pursed her lips and smiled, then picked up "Song Xing Tong" and continued reading.

She had regarded Gao Wenyin as Zhang Fei's wife a long time ago, but she felt full of guilt towards Gao Wenyin after she married Zhang Fei.

So she was actually more eager to facilitate the relationship between Zhang Fei and Gao Wenyin, so that she would feel better.

Of course, it is also because she and Gao Wenyin are like sisters and their personalities complement each other. After all, she has such a strong personality. If there is another strong person, they will definitely quarrel every day.

Meanwhile, Zhang Fei hurried to the bathroom, took a flower petal bath, asked Qingmei to help him take care of himself, put on a jade-white robe, and did everything to look the most handsome.

After all this operation, it’s already the second update of the day.

Boom boom boom!

Zhang Fei knocked on Gao Wenyin's door with excitement.

There was no answer from inside the house.

Not here? No way! Zhang Fei's heart trembled, and he knocked on the door a few more times and shouted, "Madam, are you in the room?"

After a while, just when Zhang Fei was about to call Xiao Tao over to ask, the door finally opened.

A faint candlelight shone from the room.

Zhang Fei glanced sideways and suddenly saw a figure reflected in the light. He couldn't help but stare blankly at the sight of a charming young woman standing in the room. It must be Gao Wenyin.

But today she was obviously dressed up specially. Her thick black hair was combed into a bun with golden hairpins inserted diagonally. Her face was like a silver plate, her eyes were like water apricots, her lips were red without any makeup, and her eyebrows were green without any makeup. She was wearing a purple silk nightgown, with a touch of snow-white on her chest, which was very suggestive. In the candlelight, her snow-white skin and plump but graceful figure were faintly visible.

Dignified and noble, she exudes endless charm.

Normally Gao Wenyin doesn't dress up often and simply regards herself as a village woman. But after dressing up a little, she is as graceful as a startled swan and as elegant as a swimming dragon.

"Has Sanlang seen enough?"

Gao Wenyin lowered her head and said softly.

Zhang Fei was startled awake from his dream. He quickly stepped over the threshold and closed the door. He was the only one who could see this spring scene.

Gao Wenyin just looked at him shyly and said nothing.

Zhang Fei looked at her again and asked softly, "Madam, are you dressed like this for me today?"

Gao Wenyin lowered her eyes and hummed softly: "Didn't you say you like seeing me wearing this skirt?"

When they moved to a new house, Zhang Fei mentioned to her once that he wanted to make a few such nightgowns for her. They would look so sexy on Gao Wenyin, but he forgot about it afterwards and still doesn't know whether he did it or not. Unexpectedly, Gao Wenyin still remembered it.

Zhang Fei couldn't help but take her slender hand and gently pull it towards him, "Madam, thank you."

Gao Wenyin trembled slightly when she heard this. She raised her head, her watery eyes sparkling with tears. She raised her hand and gently stroked Zhang Fei's face, choking with sobs, "I should thank Sanlang. Thank you for saving me from the sea of ​​suffering, and for your respect and love for me these days."

This man is not a plant or a tree, so who can be heartless? Moreover, Zhang Fei's "wife" strategy is very effective, which really makes Gao Wenyin regard herself as Zhang Fei's woman without realizing it.

But there was always a hurdle in her heart that she couldn't get over.

However, Zhang Fei never forced her to do anything. Instead, he respected her very much. Later, when he married Xu Zhiqian, Zhang Fei not only did not neglect her, but respected her even more, fearing that she would be unhappy because of this.

She also felt Zhang Fei's feelings for her, but she could not let go of the past and felt very distressed about it, so she could only do everything she could to take care of Zhang Fei.

But the more this happened, the more Zhang Fei became the only one in her life.

Until Zhang Fei was assassinated a few days ago, she had nightmares every day for several days. Whenever she closed her eyes, she would be afraid of losing Zhang Fei. Then she realized that she had let it go long ago. At this moment, there was only Zhang Fei in her heart.

Zhang Fei is very clear about his feelings for Gao Wenyin, and it is really impossible for him to leave her. It is precisely because of this that he is willing to wait. It would be best if it could turn out well, but even if Gao Wenyin could not let go for the rest of her life, he would not have any complaints.

Gently wiping away the tears from her eyes, Zhang Fei didn't know what to say, he just shouted, "Madam."

Gao Wenyin smiled shyly and said, "Husband."

The word "husband" is not awkward, but full of love.

Seeing her slightly open red lips, blurred eyes, sexy and charming, Zhang Fei couldn't help but slowly lower his head. Gao Wenyin also gently closed her eyes, and her snow-white arms gradually wrapped around Zhang Fei's neck.

(End of this chapter)